fiesta
This weekend sees the start of the Fiestas Virgen del Carmen across Tenerife with the main event happening in Puerto de la Cruz [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/resorts/puerto-de-la-cruz/puerto-de-la-cruz-review] on Tuesday. The patron saint of seafarers and fishermen is the Virgin del Carmen who is an incarnation of the
Architecture
Did you know it is totally prohibited to take food and drink into the Siam Park Water Kingdom? Judging by the experiences of some visitors to the park, clearly not everyone is aware of this policy. If you take a cool bag expect it to be searched for contraband sandwiches
beach
Most of us visit Tenerife and confine ourselves to the south eastern corner round the popular resort of Playa de las Americas [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/resorts/playa-de-las-americas/playa-de-las-americas-review] , where there are several nice sandy beaches. Tenerife’s natural beaches are mostly made of black volcanic sand and rocks due
Architecture
Tenerife, and indeed all the Canary Islands, has a long tradition of wood carving which is shown clearly in the islands churches of the 16th and 17th centuries. Wood from the Canarian Pine was used in the construction of intricately carved balconies on the mansions of the islands wealthy in
bird
Tenerife has a relatively small avian population, one of the interesting birds on the island is the Great Grey Shrike, or to give it its proper name, Lanius excubitor. The bird is about the size of a black bird, and has gained the nick name of the ‘butcher bird’. This
1797
It would be fair to say most British tourists visiting the Canary Islands for their holidays, will have no idea there was a battle to capture the island of Tenerife [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/] from the Spanish in 1797, in which the British hero Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson lost his
canario
It is widely thought that the name of the Canary Islands is derived from the Latin name for ‘dog’, which is canis. Early records tell of large dogs inhabiting the islands and it has been suggested that the early inhabitants actually ate them. The Spanish conquistadors found the native Guanche
Beaches
There is a persistent cloud layer on Tenerife [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/] around the mountains at between 500m and 1500m. These clouds are formed by the moisture carrying trade winds blowing in from the north Atlantic, which are forced to rise by the mountain where they then cool and condense
History
The legend of Atlantis is based on the idea that a continent lay somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean beyond ‘The Pillars of Hercules’, to the west of Gibraltar. It was thought to be some kind of Utopia and was a persistent theme throughout ancient Greek and Roman times. It was
Geology
The theory of Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics explains the distribution of the world’s volcanos including Mount Teide [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/tenerife-island/places-to-visit/mount-teide-tenerife] on Tenerife. This theory shows that the earth’s crust is divided into plates that move over the earth’s surface, very slowly over
guanches
The origin of the Guanches, the indigenous people of Tenerife, is one of the great anthropological mysteries. There are currently two schools of thought on this. The first is that they came from main land Europe, as many of them are thought to have had blond hair and blue eyes.
storm
The Director General of Security and Emergency for the Canary Islands has ended the alert for high winds on Tenerife as of 18:00 hours on Tuesday. The alert for adverse sea conditions has also been ended for the island. The storm that hit the Tenerife [http://etenerifeholidays.co.uk/